Allyson Byers, inspired by a great Buzzfeed article about the benefits of therapy, shares with us today an insightful series of quotes from real people going to therapy every week about what they found to be the benefits along the way.

Today, Dean Olsher helps us learn what music therapy really is. Dean also shares his own practice and perspective to help us better understand how and why music therapy can be beneficial as either a supplement to other forms of therapy, or on its own.

Today’s guest writer, Emily Lawson, shares with us patterns that she found among responses from Reddit users to the question, “What is the differences between going to a therapist and talking it out with someone you really trust?”

Last week, Alex Iskold, Managing Director at Techstars, shared 8 Tips for Founders to Take Care of Themselves. Today, we're re-sharing to help spread this important message. If you need more self-care and could use help getting started, connect with our team at connect@mywellbeing.us—we’re happy to help.

This week, I share the emotional and motivating piece by the New York Times, highlighting Missy Franklin and her journey with performance anxiety, depression, and life transitions, seeking to bring love and joy back to her career as a swimmer.

In a results-based society like ours, taking measured steps toward self-improvement is an important goal both personally and professionally. While these changes may be important and highly impactful on your life and success, the quest onward and upward can be a stressful one. Learn more skills to attend to your own self-care in the process through today’s post.

We look up to celebrities in so many ways. At the end of the day, they are human, like us. And mental health obstacles impact so many of us. We want to recognize these five stars for furthering the conversation and #breakingthestigma.

This Chalkboard Magazine piece explores how narrative therapy, a form of psychotherapy, helps us examine, reshape and sharpen the way we perceive ourselves. Energy healer Benson Simmonds guides readers to write their own TED Talk-like reflection to better understand who we are, how we present ourselves, who we strive to be and how we can get there.

Kristin Wong writes for The New York Times, "We live in a culture that reveres self-confidence and self-assuredness, but as it turns out, there may be a better approach to success and personal development: self-compassion." Learn more about how self-compassion can help you.

Beth Teitell at The Boston Globe shares bullying has been associated with clinical depression and suicidal thoughts. Read more on Teitell's description of various manifestations of workplace bullying and shifts in plans for prevention and treatment.

The Chalkboard Magazine writes, "The easiest way to improve health and well being is actually quite simple: learn how to reduce stress every single day." Check out this recap of TCM's 10 most popular stress-reduction tips of 2017 to learn how.

Jean Twenge, Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University, writes for The Conversation about the correlation between the rise of the smartphone and the rise of depression and suicide rates among teens of all backgrounds.

April Dembosky shares on NPR's Morning Edition, "There are a lot of people suffering from a mental health condition who need therapy. And there are a lot of therapists who want to help them. But both sides believe the insurance companies that are supposed to bring them together are actually keeping them apart."

Learn more about the makers of "Sesame Street"'s initiative to help children cope with trauma. The online tools, intended to help social workers, parents and others, include videos of Muppets doing coping exercises.